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a Sewage generated by the new facilities will primarily be ~~ gray water, caused by employee showers. Solid waste will be primarily gob, which will be removed and stored onsite at a location which can accommodate an estimated 8,000 cu. yds. Waste ,I oil from equipment operations will be removed by a recycling company. Existing toilet facilities will be used by employees. Somerset Mining Company will provide water, as recorded in Book 673, Page 295 in the Gunnison County Clerk and Recorder's Office. Somerset Mine Well (decree No. 79CW86, 200 gpm for industrial purposes) and the Somerset Water Supply System, under Water Decree dated August 16, 1936, as Amended November 13, 1973 in the name of United States Steel, appropriating an amount not to exceed .90 cfs, supply this operation. The Division of Wildlife and the Planning Commission had expressed concerns about the possible disruption of deer migratory patterns by the installation of the 4500 foot conveyor belt from the existing to the new facilities. Stover and Associates has since designed three deer underpasses into the conveyor belt system to allow access by the animals (dated November 28, 1990 in the Planning Office file). The Division of Wildlife (letter of December 1, 1990) indicated that these specifications, "allow movement to continue and not adversely affect the deer population of the area." A second concern expressed by both the County and the Division was that drainage from the mine not endanger water quality of the area. The Colorado Dept. of Health requires that the operation maintain an NPDES permit; David Hurr, of the Somerset Mining Company, in a letter to the Dept. (October 19, 1990) indicated that one outfall will be relocated, another added to the permit; an additional sedimentation pond has also been added with the new facilities plans. PUBLIC HEARING: A public hearing was conducted on this revision to the permit on December 7, 1990. At that time there was no public present. The proponent submitted a letter from Kirk Madariaga, District Wildlife Manager of the Division of Wildlife dated December 1, 1990 stating that the three designed wildlife underpasses along the proposed conveyor system will meet specifications and allowed unimpeded deer movements through the area. Madariaga's letter also notes that if Somerset Mine stays within the provisions of the discharge permit issued by NPDES, no adverse impact on the North Fork of the Gunnison River and its fishery is foreseen. 2